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Patch Tuesday, November 2019 Edition

November 12, 2019 admin adobe, cve-2019-1429, cve-2019-1457, internet explorer zero-day, macros, microsoft, office for mac, Time to Patch, windows 7 end-of-life

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:04:32 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug security holes in its software, including patches to fix at least 74 weaknesses in various flavors of Windows and in software that runs on top of it. The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that is currently being exploited in the wild, as well as a sneaky bug in certain versions of Office for Mac that bypasses security protections and was detailed publicly prior to today’s patches.

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Emotet malspam campaign uses Snowden’s new book as lure

September 23, 2019 admin Botnet, botnets, Edward Snowden, emotet, macros, malspam, permanent record, Snowden, spam, whistleblowers, Word exploits

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:40:44 +0000

Emotet starts a new week of malicious spam by promising a copy of Edward Snowden’s new book.

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Flurry of new Mac malware drops in December

December 11, 2018 admin backdoors, Mac, mac malware, macros, Microsoft Word, Social engineering, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Multiple new pieces of Mac malware have appeared in December, all distributed through different means, but all opening backdoors on infected computers.

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Machine learning vs. social engineering

July 8, 2018 admin antispam, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, fileless malware, JavaScript, machine learning, macro malware, macros, malware, Next-gen antivirus, non-PE threats, phishing, phishing attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Social engineering, VBScript, windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:00:56 +0000

Machine learning is a key driver in the constant evolution of security technologies at Microsoft. Machine learning allows Microsoft 365 to scale next-gen protection capabilities and enhance cloud-based, real-time blocking of new and unknown threats. Just in the last few months, machine learning has helped us to protect hundreds of thousands of customers against ransomware,

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Blocks for Flash and others coming to Office 365

June 1, 2018 admin 365, controls, cybercrime, Exploits, Flash, macros, microsoft, office, shockwave, silverlight

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:00:00 +0000

If you make use of Flash or Silverlight in your day-to-day activities, you may need to have a word with IT. For everyone else, your Office 365 experience is about to become a lot more secure.

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Malware analysis: decoding Emotet, part 1

May 25, 2018 admin code variation, emotet, macros, malware, malware analysis, Threat analysis, vba code

Credit to Author: Vishal Thakur| Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In the first part of this two-part analysis of Emotet, we look at the VBA code, where you’ll learn how to recognize and discard “dead” code thrown in to complicate the analysis process.

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Locky malware, lucky to avoid it

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Bartallex, Locky, macro, macros, maps, Microsoft Active Protection Service, Office 16, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, Ransom:Win32/Locky.A, ransomware, Windows Defender blogs for home users and small businesses

You may have seen reports of the Locky malware circulating the web; we think this is a good time to discuss its distribution methods, and reiterate some best-practice methods that will help prevent infection. We’ve seen Locky being distributed by spam email, not in itself a unique distribution method, but this means that spreading is…